MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.59 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 156 SFC 974 390 22.5 19.3 82 3.2 20.3 167 8 297.9 300.6 294.4 340.4 14.63 2 950 605 25.8 18.6 64 7.2 20.8 191 27 303.4 306.1 295.7 346.0 14.35 3 900 1083 24.9 16.9 61 8.0 19.3 219 27 307.2 309.7 296.2 348.1 13.59 4 850 1582 22.9 8.3 39 14.6 13.8 231 18 310.1 311.7 293.1 335.1 8.13 5 800 2108 21.4 -4.5 17 25.9 8.2 202 15 314.0 314.6 290.3 325.0 3.42 6 750 2662 17.5 4.2 41 13.3 9.6 173 11 315.6 316.9 293.7 337.4 6.93 7 700 3248 13.7 2.9 48 10.8 7.4 133 3 317.6 318.9 294.1 339.1 6.76 8 650 3867 9.1 -1.1 49 10.2 3.6 359 6 319.3 320.3 293.5 336.8 5.45 9 600 4523 3.7 -5.8 50 9.6 -0.9 352 8 320.4 321.2 292.7 333.9 4.13 10 550 5222 -2.2 -9.4 58 7.2 -5.4 359 6 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.7 3.40 11 500 5970 -8.5 -15.4 57 6.9 -11.1 353 10 322.6 323.1 291.8 330.4 2.30 12 450 6777 -14.1 -20.1 61 6.0 -15.9 354 16 325.5 325.9 292.1 331.5 1.73 13 400 7663 -18.8 -33.7 26 14.9 -21.7 341 25 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.7 0.56 14 350 8643 -25.7 -48.3 10 22.6 -28.1 339 25 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 15 300 9740 -34.7 -41.6 49 6.9 -35.4 334 33 336.5 336.6 293.8 337.8 0.33 16 250 10986 -44.6 -53.8 35 9.1 -45.1 325 37 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.10 17 200 12442 -55.1 -63.4 35 8.3 -55.2 328 35 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14231 -64.7 -74.9 23 10.2 -64.8 323 29 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16678 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -65.9 289 11 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.04 m Freezing level: 568.62 mb = 4961.94 m = 16279.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.17 mb = 4385.29 m = 14387.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 36.60 C = 97.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.04 mb = 802.03 m = 2631.30 ft T: 25.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 23.13 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.26 mb = 3376.78 m = 11078.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.41 C = 108.33 F Cap Strength: 7.04 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.43 C Cross Totals Index: 16.86 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 947.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 502.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.45 mb = 1836.28 m = 6024.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.45 mb = 4789.40 m = 15713.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.45 mb = 12427.78 m = 40773.07 ft B at Equ Level: 940.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.45 mb = 15073.81 m = 49454.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.6 neg: -87.6 tot: 73.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 31.69 Bulk Shear: 29.89 m/s